Jan 20 2011
2011 is EMO year. After a four-year gap, the premier trade fair for the world’s metalworking sector is being held once again in Hannover, from 19 to 24 September 2011.
International manufacturers of production technology are eagerly awaiting this event, with demand concomitantly high.
At the beginning of the year, 1,500 exhibitors from 36 different countries had already registered, occupying a new exhibition area of around 140,000 m.
"We’re extremely gratified by the flood of inquiries", says Dr. Detlev Elsinghorst, General Commissioner of EMO Hannover 2011. It shows, he continues, that production technology manufacturers worldwide are once again very optimistic about the ongoing year. As in the past, manufacturers are once again hoping for investment to be significantly boosted at the EMO in Hannover. "Following the severe crisis for our sector in the past two years, thus can by no means be taken for granted", adds Elsinghorst.
As the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking sector, the EMO Hannover 2011 once again scores highly in terms of international presence: more than half of the exhibitors so far registered are from outside Germany. Vendors of production technology from all over the world appreciate the EMO Hannover as the premier platform for showing the flag on the global market.
For trade visitors and production experts, Elsinghorst is predicting a veritable Eldorado of innovations and new technical solutions. He is quite certain that the EMO Hannover will once again live up to its reputation in this field as well. After all, manufacturers of technology for metalworking applications everywhere in the world have ground to make up. "Many vendors have utilised the downturn period to develop new products and services", reports Elsinghorst. They want to hit the ground running, and are using the EMO in Hannover for this purpose. Customers are focusing, for example, on issues like exceptionally flexible machinery concepts, creative service capabilities, sustainability in production operations or intelligent, customised production solutions, to name only a few keywords. All this will be on show at EMO Hannover under the slogan "More than machine tools".
Experience has shown that by the official deadline for registration around three-quarters of the exhibitors are already on board. "New inquires are arriving everyday, though", says Elsinghorst. Against this background, he expects that the EMO Hannover 2011 will achieve the same order of magnitude and quality as in the boom year of 2007. Back then, 2,120 exhibitors showcased their corporate capabilities on around 180,200 m of net exhibition area, attracting 166,500 trade visitors from 80 different countries.
EMO Hannover 2011 - the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking sector
From 19 to 24 September 2011, international manufactures of production technology, "more than machine tools!" will be presenting their current capabilities at the EMO Hannover. The world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking sector will be showcasing the entire bandwidth of modern-day metalworking technology, the heart of every industrial production operation. It will be showcasing the very latest machines, plus efficient technical solutions, product-supportive services, sustainability in the production process, and much, much more. The EMO’s principal focus is on cutting and forming machine tools, production systems, high-precision tools, automated material flows, industrial electronics and accessories. The trade visitors to the EMO come from all major industrial sectors, like machinery and plant construction, the automotive industry and its component suppliers, aerospace technologies, precision mechanics and optics, shipbuilding, medical technology, tool and mould building, steel and lightweight engineering. The EMO Hannover is the biggest and most international meeting point for production technology anywhere in the world. It is organised by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) on behalf of the European Association of Machine Tool Industries (CECIMO). The last EMO Hannover fair in 2007 was the venue for 2,120 exhibitors on approximately 180,200 m square meters of net exhibition floor space, attracting more than 166,500 trade visitors from 80 different countries.
Source: http://www.research-in-germany.de/